"Sleuth (2007 film) Sleuth is a 2007 British-American thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Jude Law and Michael Caine. The screenplay by Harold Pinter is an adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's Tony Award-winning play ""Sleuth"". Caine had previously starred in a 1972 version, where he played Law's role against Laurence Olivier. At his country estate, a writer matches wits with an actor who has stolen his wife's heart involving mind games and tricks. The film's screenwriter, Harold Pinter, credited as ""Man on TV"", is seen on a television in the background interviewing another man, played by an uncredited Kenneth"
"Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (24 April 1719, Turin, Piedmont – 5 May 1789, London) was an Italian literary critic, poet, writer, translator, linguist and author of two influential language-translation dictionaries. During his years in England he was often known as Joseph Baretti. Baretti's life was marked by controversies, to the point that he had to leave Italy, for England, where he remained for the rest of his life. Baretti was intended by his father for the profession of law, but at the age of sixteen fled from Turin and went to Guastalla, where he was for some time"
"another facet of Venetian life. Brunetti reports to the vain and self-serving buffoon, Vice-Questore Patta, while Sergente (later Ispettore and with the inspector per ""tu"") Vianello and the all-knowing and well-connected Signorina Elettra, Patta's secretary, assist Brunetti on the ground and through research. These novels are successful in Germany, and translated into many languages, except Italian. Leon's Commissario Brunetti novels have spawned multiple spin-off enterprises, including: Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born September 28, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti."
"George W. Barrett George W. Barrett (February 28, 1887 – March 24, 1936), also known as ""The Diamond King"" and ""Bad George,"" was an American car thief and murderer who became the first person sentenced to death by hanging under a congressional act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent. Barrett was born in Kentucky, one of at least seven children of William Barrett and Nancy Jane Bowling. He had worked as a streetcar conductor in Cincinnati and was a ""career hoodlum, moonshiner, car thief and murderer"" prior to killing the federal agent. He was known"
"Guido Brunetti Guido Brunetti is a fictional Italian detective, created by American writer Donna Leon. He is a ""commissario"" (detective superintendent) in the Italian State Police, stationed in Venice and a native of that city. Brunetti is the subject of (up to 2018) 27 novels: He is also the subject of a German TV film series based on these novels. Brunetti is described by Leon in her first novel, ""Death at La Fenice"" as ""a surprisingly neat man, tie carefully knotted, hair shorter than was the fashion; even his ears lay close to his head, as if reluctant to call"
"of the Racing Club de Avellaneda and dreamed of being a goalkeeper in the Club. Jorge Masetti Jorge José Ricardo Masetti Blanco (31 May 1929 – ?), also known as ""Commander Segundo"", was an Argentinean journalist and guerrilla leader. Born in Avellaneda, Masetti entered the jungle at Salta and after 21 April 1964 was not heard from again. He was the founder and the first director of the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, and became the leader of one of Argentina's first guerrilla organizations, the Guevarist People's Guerrilla Army. Jorge Josè Ricardo Masetti Blanco was born in Avellaneda, a city"
"Phil Leonetti Philip ""Crazy Phil"" Leonetti (born March 27, 1953) is a Philadelphia gangster and author who became the underboss of the Philadelphia crime family under his mentor, uncle and former boss, Nicodemo ""Little Nicky"" Scarfo, before becoming a government informant in 1989 while facing a lengthy sentencing of 45 years. At the time, he was the highest-ranking member of the American Mafia to break his blood oath and turn informer. His criminal record includes racketeering charges and ten murders. Leonetti was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having been abandoned by his father at an early age, he was brought up"
"Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (""The Maltese Falcon""), Nick and Nora Charles (""The Thin Man""), and the Continental Op (""Red Harvest"" and ""The Dain Curse""). Hammett ""is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time"". In his obituary in ""The New York Times"", he was described as ""the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction."" ""Time"" magazine included"
"Capi"". Tommaso Buscetta Tommaso Buscetta (; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was an Italian gangster, a member of the Sicilian Mafia, who became the first Mafia boss to turn informant (""pentito"") and explain the inner workings of the organisation. Buscetta participated in criminal activity in Italy, the United States and Brazil before being extradited to Italy, where he provided important testimony at the Maxi Trial, the largest anti-Mafia trial in history. After the murder of the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Buscetta gave further testimony to the Antimafia Commission linking Italian politicians to the Mafia. Buscetta entered"
"Juan Bautista Bairoletto Juan Bautista Bairoletto or J.B. Vairoletto (November 11, 1894 – September 14, 1941), was an Argentine outlaw born in Santa Fe province, the son of Italian immigrants. Bailoretto fled from justice after killing a sheriff because of ""lover matters"" with a prostitute in Castex, a little town in La Pampa Province. This bandit was called the ""Argentine Robin Hood"" or ""El Robin Hood criollo"" (""The Creole Robin Hood"") and became a myth in Argentina after his death. He was shot and killed on September 14, 1941 amid a police ambush at his home in General Alvear, Mendoza,"
"United States. Many of the later ""barrel murders"", particularly that of Giuseppe ""Joe"" Catania, Sr. (whose body was found in July 1902), were thought to have been committed by the Morellos, who employed a numerous members of the counterfeiting operation. On April 13, 1903, the body of Benedetto Madonia, brother-in-law to police informant Giuseppe DiPrimo (de Priemo), was found in a barrel after being brutally tortured. A United States Secret Service detective, who had been investigating the counterfeiting ring, traced the man to a restaurant where he was seen with Morello crime family boss, Ignazio Lupo, along with associate and"
"where he had settled some years before. The 1985 film ""La Aventura de un rebelde"" describes his life as outlaw. Argentinian musician Leon Gieco composed a song ""Bandidos Rurales"" about Bairoletto and others Argentinian rural bandits. Juan Bautista Bairoletto Juan Bautista Bairoletto or J.B. Vairoletto (November 11, 1894 – September 14, 1941), was an Argentine outlaw born in Santa Fe province, the son of Italian immigrants. Bailoretto fled from justice after killing a sheriff because of ""lover matters"" with a prostitute in Castex, a little town in La Pampa Province. This bandit was called the ""Argentine Robin Hood"" or ""El"
"Jorge Masetti Jorge José Ricardo Masetti Blanco (31 May 1929 – ?), also known as ""Commander Segundo"", was an Argentinean journalist and guerrilla leader. Born in Avellaneda, Masetti entered the jungle at Salta and after 21 April 1964 was not heard from again. He was the founder and the first director of the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, and became the leader of one of Argentina's first guerrilla organizations, the Guevarist People's Guerrilla Army. Jorge Josè Ricardo Masetti Blanco was born in Avellaneda, a city located in the industrial belt formed around the city of Buenos Aires. He was born"
"Vamba Luigi Bertelli (19 March 1858 - 27 November 1920), best known as Vamba, was an Italian author, illustrator and journalist. Born in Florence, having completed his studies Bertelli became a railway employer, working first in Rimini and later in Foggia. He later started collaborating with the Roman newspaper ""Capitan Fracassa"" and in 1884 he was officially employed as a journalist and caricaturist. He soon adopted the pseudonym ""Vamba"", named after the clown of Walter Scott's ""Ivanhoe"". After collaborating with several newspapers, in 1890 he founded and directed ""L'O di Giotto"", a newspaper close to the radical political positions of"
"Vamba Luigi Bertelli (19 March 1858 - 27 November 1920), best known as Vamba, was an Italian author, illustrator and journalist. Born in Florence, having completed his studies Bertelli became a railway employer, working first in Rimini and later in Foggia. He later started collaborating with the Roman newspaper ""Capitan Fracassa"" and in 1884 he was officially employed as a journalist and caricaturist. He soon adopted the pseudonym ""Vamba"", named after the clown of Walter Scott's ""Ivanhoe"". After collaborating with several newspapers, in 1890 he founded and directed ""L'O di Giotto"", a newspaper close to the radical political positions of"
"before his 87th birthday. Though he dabbled in many genres, Malet is most famous for Nestor Burma, the anti-hero of ""Les Nouveaux Mystères de Paris"". Burma, a cynical private detective, is an astute speaker of ""argot"" (French slang), an ex-Anarchist, a serial monogamist and an inveterate pipe smoker. Of the 33 novels detailing his adventures, eighteen take place in a sole ""arrondissement"" of Paris, in a sub-series of his exploits that Malet dubbed the ""New Mysteries of Paris"" quoting Eugene Sue's seminal ""feuilleton"". However, Malet never completed the full 20 ""arrondissements"" as he originally planned. Apart from the novels, five"
"German cabaret singer and actress named Clara Bauerle, who became a spy because she had spent a few years performing in the West Midlands and could speak English with a Birmingham accent. Jakobs said Bauerle was meant to join him after he had made “radio contact,” but then doubted she would now be sent since he was arrested before he could communicate with his team. Bauerle's whereabouts remained unknown for several decades, and it was theorized that she may have died under suspicious circumstances in England. In 2016, it was discovered that Bauerle had died in a Berlin hospital on"
"the city by Gonzalo de Cordoba, and served as a handy diversion for his restive siege-bound army. Later the city served as a fortress for the Spanish rulers of southern Italy. In 1528 it was sacked by French troops under Odet de Foix. The city was the capital of its district and the seat of the lower prefecture for the 120 years between 1806 and 1927 and sided with the French under Joachim Murat during the Napoleonic War. During and after the Unification, Barletta was as poor as was most of the South of Italy. Consequently, hygiene and health were"
"by Trebitsch Productions for ARD's Degeto Film division. In them Guido Brunetti has been depicted by Joachim Król (2000 – 2002) and by Uwe Kockisch (2004 to present). 24 films have been made so far, though they differ in the characters and plot detail from the novels on which they are based. Guido Brunetti Guido Brunetti is a fictional Italian detective, created by American writer Donna Leon. He is a ""commissario"" (detective superintendent) in the Italian State Police, stationed in Venice and a native of that city. Brunetti is the subject of (up to 2018) 27 novels: He is also"
"di Barletta ""(""Joust of Barletta""), a battle during which 13 Italian knights commanded by Ettore Fieramosca challenged and defeated an equal number of French knights who were at the time prisoners of war, in a joust held near Andria. This episode was documented in 1833 by Massimo d'Azeglio, who wrote the novel ""Ettore Fieramosca o la Disfida di Barletta"". In the book the author regards this episode as one of the earliest manifestations of Italian national pride. The city at the time was fairly loosely besieged by French forces, and occupied by a Spanish army under the command of Gonzalo"
"Tommaso Buscetta Tommaso Buscetta (; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was an Italian gangster, a member of the Sicilian Mafia, who became the first Mafia boss to turn informant (""pentito"") and explain the inner workings of the organisation. Buscetta participated in criminal activity in Italy, the United States and Brazil before being extradited to Italy, where he provided important testimony at the Maxi Trial, the largest anti-Mafia trial in history. After the murder of the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Buscetta gave further testimony to the Antimafia Commission linking Italian politicians to the Mafia. Buscetta entered the"
"an anarchist and petty criminal with an extensive police record named Mario Bruneri. After an inquiry and several trials and appeals, the court found that he was indeed Bruneri. During that time, the couple had lived together and had three children. After the final verdict was rendered, they moved to Brazil to get away from the scandal. Bruneri died there in 1941. Giulia Concetta Canella tried without success to have the decision overturned. She died in 1977. Giulio Canella was born in Padova in 1881. After his studies, he moved to Verona, where he became the principal of a high"
"name occurs repeatedly in Boswell's ""Life"". In 1769 Baretti was tried for murder after inflicting a mortal wound with his fruit knife on a man who had assaulted him on the street. Johnson and others gave evidence in his favour at the trial, which resulted in Baretti's acquittal. He died in London in May, 1789. He was buried in Marylebone Chapel with a monument by Thomas Banks. Baretti's first notable work was the ""Italian Library"" (1757), a useful catalogue of the lives and works of several Italian authors. The ""Lettere famigliari"", giving an account of his travels through Spain, Portugal"
"Luigi Pirotta Luigi Pirotta, Scout name ""Volpe Azzurra"", meaning ""Blue Fox"", (Rome, June 9, 1900 - Rome, 29 March 1971) was an Italian Doctor of Law, archivist and paleographer, who served as Chief Scout of the Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani from 1944 to 1954. Pirotta was superintendent of the Capitoline Archives and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, as well as Academician and Deputy Secretary of the Accademia di San Luca. He was an honorary member and corresponding member of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Pirotta was among the leaders of CNGEI that remained in office until the last"
"Davis as Hellman. The Continental Op Sam Spade Nick and Nora Charles In 2011, magazine editor Andrew Gulli found fifteen previously unknown short stories by Dashiell Hammett in the archives of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin. Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (""The Maltese Falcon""), Nick and Nora Charles (""The Thin Man""), and the Continental Op (""Red Harvest"" and"
"Times has suggested that Brunetti is the antithesis of a crime-fiction stereotype; unlike the typical “shambolic, hard-drinking, over-worked policeman”, he is “presentable and well-read. He gets home for dinner” and he “seems to enjoy the company of his wife Paola and their kids”. Brunetti is assisted by a Detective Sergeant (later Inspector), Lorenzo Vianello, and by the station secretary, Elettra Zorzi, though he has a difficult relationship with his superior, Vice-Questore Giuseppe Patta. Some recurring characters from the Brunetti novels. Commissario Brunetti is the subject of (to 2018) 27 novels. The ""Commissario Brunetti"" novels have been adapted for German television"
"was found a photo purportedly of his lover, a German cabaret singer and actress named Clara Bauerle. Jakobs said that she was being trained as a spy and that, had he made contact, she may have been sent over to England after him. However, there is no evidence that Clara Bauerle was parachuted into England, and several witnesses describe that Clara Bauerle was around 6 feet tall, while Bella was 5 feet. In September 2016, it was determined that Clara Bauerle had died in Berlin on 16 December 1942. In 1945, Margaret Murray, an anthropologist and archaeologist from University College"
"a small construction company. In September of the same year, Mario Corino, unionist and future mayor of Bardonecchia was attacked and beaten at night by strangers. The police arrested for the attack, two Calabrian workers. Francesco Ursino, brother-in-law of Lo Presti, and Antonio Zucco, originally from Ciminà. Questioned by the judge, the two declared to have beaten Corino, because he was an Italian Labor Union spy. Lo Presti had been the instigator. In 1965 he was arrested in Geneva by the Swiss gendarmery, with Alberto Re, an entrepreneur of Bardonecchia, for a series of thefts in the villas. They were"
"March 3, 1927, just a few days after the apparently happy ending, an unsigned letter was received by the Quaestor of Turin stating that the man was not Canella, but instead Mario Bruneri, a typist from Turin born in 1886, an anarchist and con artist wanted since 1922 due to some convictions for acts of violence. Bruneri was not new to jails: he had served time for accounting fraud and stealing. His criminal record was extensive. He was wanted in other cities, including Pavia and Milan, along with a woman from Brescia, Camilla Ghidini. She had a long criminal record"
"on Ludwig Roselius' Böttcherstrasse. In a film version, based on the biographical book Bombshell (), Barbara Götte and her boss Ludwig Roselius hatch out a plot to blow up Hitler's Focke-Wulf Fw 200 while he was flying back to Germany from Smolensk in early 1943. The bomb fails to ignite and the Gestapo suspect that Roselius is involved. On the evening of 15/5/1943 in the Hotel Kaiserhof (Berlin) there is a violent confrontation between Hitler and Roselius - Barbara later returns from a ball to find Roselius dead. Barbara Goette Barbara Goette (26 July 1908 – 23 October 1997) was"
"Philip Lombardo Philip Lombardo (pronounced ""loam-BAR-doh"") (October 6, 1908 in New York City – April 1987) also known as ""Benny Squint"" and ""Cockeyed Phil"", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s. Lombardo began his career as a soldier on Michael ""Trigger Mike"" Coppola's powerful 116th Street Crew in the East Harlem section of New York. During the 1940s, Lombardo served a brief prison stretch for narcotics trafficking, his only imprisonment. Due to his thick eyeglasses Lombardo earned the nickname, ""Benny Squint."" In 1959, family boss Vito Genovese was sent"
"one of the main characters in the 2010 video game Mafia II. Giuseppe Barbaro Giuseppe Barbaro (born May 24, 1956 in Platì), also known as ""u Sparitu"" (the Disappeared), is a boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type criminal organisation based in Calabria, Italy. He is a son of Francesco Barbaro, one of leaders of the Barbaro 'ndrina based in Platì. He was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy until his arrest on December 10, 2001. When his father was arrested on January 5, 1989, Giuseppe Barbaro gradually took over the leadership of the clan from his"
"named Tommaso Buscetta became the first Sicilian Mafioso to become an informant (to repent; become a ""pentito""), and cooperate with the authorities. Buscetta was from a losing family in the Mafia war and had lost several relatives and many friends to Riina's hitmen; becoming an informant was a way both to save himself and get his revenge on Riina. Buscetta provided a great deal of information to prosecutor Giovanni Falcone and he testified at the Maxi Trial in the mid-1980s that saw hundreds of Mafiosi imprisoned. Riina picked up another life sentence for murder at the Maxi Trial, but it"